2024 CAFA U-17 Championship
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| Чемпионат CAFA-2024 среди юношеских сборных (U-17) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tajikistan |
| City | Dushanbe |
| Dates | 17–24 August |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Afghanistan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Uzbekistan |
| Third place |  Tajikistan |
| Fourth place |  Iran |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Goals scored | 20 (2.22 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Salman Ghafarifouza (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Hamid Amiri |
| Best goalkeeper | Hamid Amiri |
| Fair play award | Iran |
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The 2024 CAFA U-17 Championship was the second edition of the CAFA U-17 Championship, the international youth football championship organized by Central Asian Football Association for the men's under-17 national teams of Central Asia. The tournament was held from August 17th to 24th in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.[1] All six CAFA members participated in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Host Tajikistan were the reigning champions, having claimed the title in last year's inaugural edition.[2]
Participating teams
All six CAFA member associations entered teams for the final tournament.[3] with Turkmenistan debuting in the competition.[4][5]
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
2nd | 2023 (Third place) | Third place (2023) |
| Iran |
2nd | 2023 (Fourth place) | Fourth place (2023) |
 Kyrgyz Republic |
2nd | 2023 (Fifth place) | Fifth place (2023) |
| Tajikistan |
2nd | 2023 (Champions) | Champions (2023) |
 Turkmenistan |
1st | Debut | |
| Uzbekistan |
2nd | 2023 (Runners-up) | Runners-up (2023) |
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 and on or before 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Seeding
The 6 teams were drawn into two groups of three teams, with seeding based on their performance at the previous edition. Seeding was shown in parentheses except the team who previously did not participate, which were denoted by (–).
The host Tajikistan automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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| Tajikistan (1) (hosts) Uzbekistan (2) |
Afghanistan (3) Iran (4) |
Kyrgyz Republic (5) Turkmenistan (–) |
Draw
The draw took place on 15 August 2024.[6]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]
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Group stage
The match schedule was released on August 15th, after the draw was conducted.[8]
All times are local TJT (UTC+5).
- Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Afghanistan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Tajikistan (H) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Third place play-off |
| 3 | Kyrgyz Republic |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Fifth place play-off |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 0–3 | Tajikistan |
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| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Afghanistan |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | Third place play-off |
| 3 | Turkmenistan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Fifth place play-off |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
| Iran | 6–1 | Turkmenistan |
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Report (FFT) |
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| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | Iran |
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Report (FFT) |
Play-off stage
Fifth place play-off
| Kyrgyz Republic | 0–2 | Turkmenistan |
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Third place play-off
| Iran | 1–1 | Tajikistan |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 | ||
Final
| Afghanistan | 1–0 | Uzbekistan |
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